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I have always felt funny using chopsticks
and my favorite food is hot dogs.

Read the excerpt from “Mericans.”

We cannot spend our allowance on fried cookies or Familia Burrón comic books or those clear cone-shaped suckers that make everything look like a rainbow when you look through them.

Which theme best describes the two excerpts?
Traditional foods do not bring families together.
Sharing special foods with family is an American tradition.
Young people frequently resist trying foods of cultures different than their own.
Culture is frequently linked to traditional foods.

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Answer: Culture is frequently linked to traditional foods.

Explanation: Both excerpts connect cultural identity to particular foods and food-related items — the narrator’s preference for hot dogs and awkwardness with chopsticks, and the list of culturally specific treats and comics — showing how culture and tradition are tied to food and related practices.